SOURCE CARDS Sample BOOK Source Card: A Bender, Lionel. Lasers in Action. New York: The Bookright Press, 1985. Print. Gives information about various medical and other uses of lasers, explains how lasers work.
TA 1520.M38 – Tempe Public Library (books only)
To cite this, you would do the following: For a quote: “Lasers were the perfect combination of science and technology” (Bender 62). For a paraphrase: Combining technology and science resulted in one of the most important inventions ever created: the laser (Bender 62).
SOURCE CARD • Keep the top line of the card blank. • Label with a letter showing the source used (A, B, C…). • Where does the information come from for the citation? MLA Guide-The OWL! • Make sure to indent the second line of the citation. • Write one sentence explaining what the source is about. • Write the library call number for books at the bottom of the card, and the URL address for all web sources.
SOURCE CARDS Sample WEB Source Card w/ no author: B “Michael Jackson in Action.” Michael Jackson. 9 Sept 2002. Sony Music Publishing Company. Web. 8 January 2012. Gives information about Michael Jackson’s last tour.
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The in-text citation for each source must perfectly match the Source Card/Works Cited entry. For example: “Michael Jackson’s tour was set to begin on December 9, 2010” (“Michael Jackson in Action”). Notice the quotation marks around the name of the article, which match the Source Card.
SOURCE CARD • Keep the top line of the card blank. • Label with a letter showing the source used (A, B, C…). article/printout/photocopied page. • Where does the information come from for the citation? MLA Guide-The OWL! • Make sure to indent the second line of the citation. • Write one sentence explaining what the source is about. • Write the URL address for all web sources at the bottom of the card. • When citing this source in your PowerPoint, make sure the in-text citation matches perfectly. See textbox for example.
SOURCE CARDS Sample WEB Source Card w/ no author: B “Michael Jackson in Action.” Michael Jackson. 9 Sept 2002. Sony Music Publishing Company. Web. 8 January 2012. Gives information about Michael Jackson’s last tour.
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If you have several citations which start with the same few words, (i.e., “Michael Jackson), create your own differentiation. For example: “Michael Jackson’s tour was set to begin on December 9, 2010” (“Jackson in Action”). Remember, the period always comes AFTER the citation.
SOURCE CARD • Keep the top line of the card blank. • Label with a letter showing the source used (A, B, C…). article/printout/photocopied page. • Where does the information come from for the citation? MLA Guide-The OWL! • Make sure to indent the second line of the citation. • Write one sentence explaining what the source is about. • Write the URL address for all web sources at the bottom of the card. • When citing this source in your PowerPoint, make sure the in-text citation matches perfectly. See textbox for example.
NOTE CARDS Sample Note Card B1 “Michael Jackson’s tour was set to begin on December 9, 2010”.
If you have several citations which start with the same few words, (i.e., “Michael Jackson), create your own differentiation. For example: “Michael Jackson’s tour was set to begin on December 9, 2010” (“Jackson in Action”). Remember, the period always comes AFTER the citation.
NOTE CARD • Keep the top line of the card blank. • Label with a letter showing the source used (A, B, C…) and a number (B1, B2, B3, etc). • Write one quote or paraphrase from the article in question. • Keep all of your quote/paraphrase cards with the SOURCE CARD B so they don’t get out of order.
